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Writer:
Alan Ormsby (writer)
Release Date:
February 1974 (USA) more
Tagline:
Pretty Sally Mae died a very unnatural death! ... But the worst hasn't happened to her yet! DERANGED ... confessions of a necrophile
Plot:
Based on the Ed Gein case, a deranged rural farmer becomes a grave robber and murderer after the death of his possessive mother whom he keeps her corpse, among others, as his companions in his decaying farmhouse full summary | add synopsis
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Back Catalogue #4: Vci Entertainment
(From Fangoria. 26 October 2009, 4:34 AM, PDT)
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Forgotten horror classic. more (62 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Roberts Blossom | ... | Ezra Cobb |
| Cosette Lee | ... | Ma Cobb |
| Leslie Carlson | ... | Tom Sims |
| Robert Warner | ... | Harlon Kootz |
| Marcia Diamond | ... | Jenny Kootz |
| Brian Smeagle | ... | Brad Kootz |
| Arlene Gillen | ... | Miss Johnson |
| Robert McHeady | ... | Sheriff |
| Marian Waldman | ... | Maureen Selby (as Marion Waldman) |
| Jack Mather | ... | Drunk |
 | Micki Moore | ... | Mary |
| Pat Orr | ... | Sally |
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Also Known As:
Deranged: Confessions of a Necrophile (USA)
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82 min | UK:84 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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USA:R | Singapore:PG (cut) | Germany:16 | UK:18
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Bob Clark, who previously made Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things (1973) and Dead of Night (1974) with Alan Ormsby and Jeff Gillen, was originally approached to direct this film too. However Clark felt the script was too disturbing for his taste so he opted to produce the film, though he was uncredited. more
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Errors in geography: Although supposedly set in the United States (US cash is shown), the cars have Ontario (Canada) license plates. more
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[explaining his deer-hunting philosophy]
Harlon Kootz:
If we didn't shoot em, they'd just starve to death.
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Featured in Cinemacabre TV Trailers (1993) (V) more
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FINALLY got to see 'Deranged' recently after wanting to for years, and what a surprise it is. Low budget yes, but takes its subject matter much more seriously than you would expect. There are some touches of black comedy in places, but overall this is no "funny" gorefest ala the 'Evil Dead' flicks. Roberts Blossom puts in an excellent performance as Ezra Cobb, the Ed Gein inspired protagonist. You may not totally understand why he ends up doing what he does, but Blossom successfully conveys Cobb's loneliness and isolation, which explodes into full blown delusional behaviour.
The only negative comment I have about 'Deranged' is the clumsy and unnecessary intrusions of the narrator into the plot. Without that we'd be looking at a complete classic. Even so, 'Deranged' is much more than a "video nasty" and deserves a much larger audience.